Citation

Courtman SP, Wilson PM, Mok Q. Paediatr. Anaesth. 2003; 13(1): 76-79.

Affiliation

Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London, UK. simon@barrels.freeserve.co.uk

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12535045

Abstract

Lightning strikes kill 1,000 people per year worldwide. Cardiac arrests resulting from lightning strikes have good survival rates but there is a significant degree of morbidity amongst the survivors. This is the case report of a 13-year-old boy who had a cardiac arrest following a direct lightning strike, and his subsequent management.

Language: en